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Home My WebLink AboutCOM 0728.037 2000-2002 ~ ~ ~ _ ~~1~~c7 ~e~t+ar~ie ~ondera's ~~°T1M®h~1~ Kona ~epUhfiJ LsO~hCt~ ~CCf1ea~ ~Cde~Eaday. =Ept+G~~~r L5. 'qaa~ people keep asking „~$Y ~ 2" ITT ~l~ a4 ~-i `here aren't any ~eneticatly ,engineered Go¢¢ee trees .growing in bona right 7'he answer is, 5y the ti~se there are G co¢¢ee trees in ~a~~~~r~~ ~ ` (aunty Council even outdoor ¢ietd testing o¢ co¢¢ee gees within ~ miles bona risks the chance o¢ cross-poltinati®~ with any .ems k ~ re.,~ Prita ~e Leo n ~ trees. ~'a rr~ers won't reati~e the trees have been. eonta4~inated unlit the consumer tastes the di¢¢erent ¢tavor and stops buying. ~r the co¢¢ee beans test positive ¢or ~ sand ®ur markets close their doors. phis is not about waiting lentil the small biotech co6~panies tike ~!®hn Stile's Integrated c®¢¢ee technol®gies, the University o¢ ~awa~i or ~'awa~i ricutture research tenter are o¢¢ering to sett us ¢ar~ers these trees to grow. ~t that point, it be . ~our~et bona ~®¢¢ee will be ~c. ~!e need to let these pe®ple know ahead o¢ ti4~e that we don't want ~ co¢¢ee in i~ona. It wilt ruin our industry. ~e need regulations to c.~ the salt ¢ar~ers o¢ it®n.~ ¢r~~. 1 losing their .herit,e .i.nd tJStry. '~'~o-.... ~.::r ~rat~~~iu ~ _ ~rr.~\ `~~w.-.- c~¢¢~-e $~-o~-~e¢o$~ ~ is t~st~d_ l~ere_ aid ..~e¢ore it ..is _arket~~.":here _ _ _ - w t i ~L ~Nc~ currently, there is very ¢ti~sy regulation about ~ testing in the state o¢ ~fawaii. °The organi~atior~ wishing to test applies , ~~\1 ¢or an dS permit, it is rubber stamped and then they go ~L~,,;~' ~ 'c, ¢orward• the location the test d®es not show up on this , -t e.~' . perlt~it. focal industry groups are not re4uired t® be consuQted• ~fhe sa¢ety ~®nes to ensure no contaB~ination are established by the co~apanies testing the ~ s themselves. there are n®t ¢ederat standards through the U , F , or regulating testing and release int® the environment o¢ s. ~~h~i~s~~~eans Wgdgl%1. NQp • File No. - R.ef. fi ter. r~~,~P 5 nn7 that ~ s~att bi®tech c®~bany decides what a safety buffer is f®r test ~ c®ffee• e~C6erience is bi®tech c®~danies are re4uired t~ mind their b®~~~ tines `fhis ®ften the expense ~+arkets and tiVtih~®ds s~vsatt ~ar~ersa what is there ~®tivate thus t~ realty make this work ~®r us2 'what is here t® ~s®tio/ate theme n®~ release ~ c®~fee int® iC®na~ a make ~®ney ~r®~ heritage ~t®na ~~~~ee• They d®n't. `They ~nritt make ®ney ~r~~o G c®~~ee• fey®nd testing, c®~~anies are enc®ura,~ed but n®t re4uired d®a ~.r~.a~~~t interVie~ with the ~ and the they are asked ~r®vide studies ab®ut the risks and benefits their cr®bs. 'hy w®utd they oe®tunteer that their ~r®duct Cott kilt cur ~arket~ ~®~ever, ~sutsid a testing and ~bini~ns are nit re4uired• ,A ~ ~ ~ ~ C®unty ~®uncit, need y®ur sudb®rt . ~ ~ I ~t_ t. ° ghat is m~hy 'we need y®u t~ ~~~s ~ r~~~i®~.n®~, as a ~ t~'<«~r~~,. ~i~st step in ~r®tecting a ~,%®r industry ~n the Island ~aWa1c. need ~~o-~~e.~t su~~®~°~d~r®tec.~o®.~. and industry written re~utat®ry ~r®t®c®ts, n®t easts ,~®®d mitt ~r®~s current ~ c®ffee duet®ders® the stakes are t®~ hagh. one ~~erzeat®us bi®tech c®~~any ®r ®ne isguided ~ar~aer c®utd rain it ~®r alt us- ~®w: .